It seems that President Barack Obama's first trip to Asia has signaled a turning point in relations between a weakened American eagle and the fiery Chinese Dragon that senses its time has come to ignore on human rights and restrict it to economics only.

The United States Department of State has issued a revised travel warning for Sri Lanka to reflect improving security conditions in the country. Travel warnings are issued by the Department of State to alert American citizens of potential dangers when traveling to certain countries.

It was so wonderful to learn about the long awaited judgment on the Bangabandhu murder case. The Supreme Court of Bangladesh unanimously upheld an earlier judgment that found all those 12 rogue officers of the armed forces guilty of the worst crime in the history of Bangladesh.

The top Hindi film heroine of the 90s Madhuri Dixit (42) is set to play the role of Indira Gandhi in a biopic planned on the late Indian Prime Minister.

The 30 year war is over and despite the hydra headed maneuvers of the 5th column, the terrorists were annihilated. The country is moving towards the acclaimed goals of peace. Velu’s successor KP has been taken in a sting operation worthy of the world’s best Secret Services.

UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Sir John Holmes who is on a three day visit to Sri Lanka addressing the media personnel at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Colombo said that he is satisfied with the government’s proceedings with the resettlement and infrastructure development process.

Indian political leaders, writers and media analysts and intelligence agencies are past masters in creating doubts and misgivings between groups, communities, political parties and institutions to fan ethnic and sectarian tensions, political polarization and foment fissiparous tendencies in neighboring countries.